Deadline: As soon as possible
Location(s)
Worldwide
Overview
Council Regulation (EU) No 390/2014 of 14 April 2014 establishing the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme for the period 2014-2020.
Details
The aim of this programme is:
- To contribute to citizens' understanding of the EU, its history and diversity
- To foster European citizenship and to improve conditions for civic and democratic participation at EU level
- To raise awareness of remembrance, common history and values
- To encourage democratic participation of citizens at EU level, by developing citizens' understanding of the EU policy making-process and, by promoting opportunities for societal and intercultural engagement and volunteering at EU level
Priorities of the programme for 2018-2020
Specific priorities for European Remembrance (Strand 1)
- Commemorations of major historical turning points in recent European history 2018 – 2019 – 2020
- Civil society and civic participation under totalitarian regimes
- Antisemitism, Anti-Gypsyism, xenophobia, homophobia and other forms of intolerance: drawing the lessons for today
- Democratic transition and accession to the European Union
Specific priorities for "Democratic engagement and civic participation" (Strand 2)
- Debating the future of Europe and challenging Euroscepticism
- Promoting solidarity in times of crisis
- Fostering intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding and combatting the stigmatisation of migrants and minority groups
- European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
What does it support:
This strand supports activities inviting reflection on European cultural diversity and on common values. It aims to finance projects reflecting on causes of totalitarian regimes in Europe's modern history (especially, but not exclusively, Nazism that led to the Holocaust, Fascism, Stalinism and totalitarian communist regimes) and to commemorate the victims of their crimes.
This strand also concerns other defining moments and reference points in recent European history. Preference will be given to projects encouraging tolerance, mutual understanding, intercultural dialogue and reconciliation.
Projects under this strand should:
- Include different types of organisations (local authorities, NGOs, research institutes etc.)
- Develop different types of activities (research, exhibitions, public debates, non-formal education etc.)
- Involve citizens from different target groups
- Be implemented on a transnational level, or with a clear European dimension
Who can apply:
Public local/regional authorities or non-profit organisations, including civil society organisations, survivors' associations and cultural, youth, educational and research organisations, associations of twinned towns.
A project must involve organisations from at least one member state. Preference will be given to transnational projects.
Dates
Deadline: As soon as possible
Cost/funding for participants
What support is available:
Action grants
- For actions with a limited timeframe during which specific activities are implemented
- The maximum eligible grant for a project is 100 000 €.
- The maximum project duration is 18 months.
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.